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Aqua Plate Special
Forget the Blue Plate Special; this May, Oregon restaurants will offer a sustainable seafood version: the Aqua Plate Special. To honor American Wetlands Month and The Wetlands Conservancy’s 30th ...
Filling Station
If you want a bottle of Troon Vineyard’s Trifecta Pinot Noir for $10, you’ll have to work for it. Bring a clean bottle to the Grants Pass winery on a Sunday or Thursday, wander up to the kegs ...
Farm Dinner Series Goes Statewide
Farm to Fork Events quickly sold out its debut season last year by offering elegantly rustic culinary experiences at ranches, orchards and produce farms throughout the Rogue Valley. This June through October, ...
Uncorked!
On May 14, more than 400 wine lovers will gather at Zenith Vineyard to raise their glasses and paddles to benefit Family Building Blocks, a private, nonprofit organization that works to break the intergenerational ...
Gorge for Hospice
Help support the efforts of hospice, meet Columbia Gorge winemakers and winegrowers, and discover the AVA’s variety of vino at this year’s Gorge Winegrowers’ Celebration for Hospice, ...

Ruby Red at Adelsheim
June 1, 1971, David and Ginny Adelsheim purchased the property today known as Quarter Mile Lane Vineyard, just outside Newberg. It is here that the original vineyard and winery are situated. They began ...
Celebrate International Tempranillo Day
Tempranillo Advocates, Producers and Amigos Society (TAPAS) has announced Sept. 1, 2011, to be the first International Tempranillo Day, a celebration of the grape with all its regional synonyms. ...

Pinot & Palette
ART Elements Gallery in Newberg, as well as wineries Sokol Blosser, Anne Amie and Vista Hills, will host a multi-venue exhibit, “Pinot & Palette,” featuring paintings of Oregon wine country ...
Oregon Wine Retailers
SOLID BOLD LISTINGS denote retailers established for 20 years or more. ALBANY Wine Depot & Deli300 Second Avenue S.W.541-967-9499Established 1988 ASHLAND Ashland Wine Cellar & Cigar38 Lithia ...

Better with Age
Of the more than 150 independent wine retailers around the State of Oregon whose level of knowledge, service and commitment to product quality, depth and diversity qualify them as wine merchants, 37 have reached that 20-year milestone and merit recognition.

Women of Taste
Graceful, powerful, sophisticated, lively and bright are words used not only to describe wine but also the women who love to sell, teach, write and learn about it. Female sommeliers have assumed a role across the country as leaders in their industry.
WVWA on Board
The next generation of winemakers and winery owners are well represented on the Willamette Valley Wineries Association’s (WVWA) recently elected 2011 board of directors. The 18-person board represents ...
Social Wine Network
On April 11, the Tasting Room Managers Network will host a full-day seminar, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., on social media geared specifically towards Oregon wineries. Organizer Stephanie Eads-Paul says anyone ...